Windows installation doesn't work

[scholer]

I just tried to install pimsviewer on Windows, first via conda-forge, then via pip. Neither worked.

Both installs completes, but neither gave a functioning executable.

Installing with conda create -n pimsviewer -c conda-forge pimsviewer gave a text file, pimsviewer in envs\pimsviewer\Scripts, with a shebang as the first line, i.e. how executables are created on Linux. Windows requires making a .exe, .bat, or .cmd to have an executable file that can be executed from the command prompt.

Installing with conda create -n pimsviewer-pip python=3, then conda activate pimsviewer-pip, then pip install pimsviewer gave a proper pimsviewer.exe in envs\pimsviewer-pip\Scripts. But executing this pimsviewer.exe, either from File Explorer or the command prompt does nothing. (No output in terminal, no windows popups, and no way to debug the issue.)

Environment:

• Anaconda install, conda version 4.6.9.
• Windows 10, 64-bit, version 1809.

[rbnvrw]

Hi @scholer, thank you for the report. I'm aware that the Windows version is unfortunately not working, I'm making a version of Pimsviewer in Qt which should hopefully solve this issue.

[scholer]

Hi,
Great, it would be great with Windows support for Windows.

By the way, there has been a lot of effort in the Python community to make it easier for windows users to adopt python. It would be great if you could mark it as such - both in setup.py and in the README.

It is just a super frustrating experience for Windows users to try to install a new package only for it to not work and without knowing why.

Thanks!

[rbnvrw]

Hi @scholer it has taken longer than I hoped, but if you have the time, could you please try to see if the master version is working for you on Windows now? Thank you!